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Dutch Ships in a Calm Sea
Also titled Hollandse schepen op een kalme zee
Willem van de Velde (II) (Leiden, 1633–1707)
c. 1665
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 86.8 cm x width 120 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the Broere Charitable Foundation
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
A few warships in a calm sea: their sails are being hoisted, their anchors raised. The small squadron is getting ready to depart. A sloop with dignitaries rows past the ships, to the sounding of trumpets and firing of salutes. Already in 1778, this painting was described in a sales catalogue as being exceptional: ‘one of the best gems by this outstanding marine painter.’
